“The SB 1325 striker amendment is needless and unjust,” said TPCH Board Chairperson, Daniela Figueroa. “It is devastating that the State legislature is spending time during the COVID-19 pandemic to legislate hate.” TPCH opposes the striker amendment to Senate Bill 1325.  Arizona youth and families have a right to expect that a therapist practicing… Continue Reading TPCH Opposes SB 1325 – Conversion Therapy is dangerous and has no place in Arizona.

TPCH opposes Arizona House Bill 2725. This one-sentence bill seeks to preemptively erase the legal recognition of non-binary and other gender diverse Arizonans identities. HB 2725 would require state identification documents to contain only a male or female gender marker. The bill pre-emptively bans nonbinary people, who are neither exclusively male nor female, from using… Continue Reading Protect Gender Diverse Arizonans. TPCH Opposes Arizona HB 2725.

In this video from the February 11, 2021 TPCH Quarterly Membership Meeting (general council), Dr. Keith Bentele with University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women provides an update on the University’s forecasting of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on homelessness in Pima County. Watch the recorded presentation here. 

In this video from the February 2021 TPCH Quarterly Membership Meeting (general council), Louie Valenzuela with the Pima County Health Department provides an update on COVID-19 vaccination activities in Pima County and plans to make vaccination available to people experiencing homelessness in the region. View the presentation recording here. 

In this video from the February 11, 2021 TPCH Quarterly Membership Meeting (general council), Jason Thorpe with the City of Tucson Housing & Community Development provides an overview of the TPCH Community Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. Watch the recorded presentation here.

Improve Understanding and Build Skills to Better Support Victims of Domestic Violence in Your Housing and Homeless Service Programs Join TPCH and Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse for a free Domestic Violence 101 webinar for housing and homeless service providers. This webinar will include foundational education related to the dynamics of abuse, power and control,… Continue Reading TPCH partners with Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse to host DV 101 for Housing & Homeless Service Providers Training (March 3, 2021)

JOIN TUCSON PIMA COLLABORATION TO END HOMELESSNESS FOR OUR QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING FEBRUARY 11,2021, 3PM – 5PM Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all TPCH meetings are being conducted virtually until further notice. Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUoc–pqz4oE9SJ3nIhi-aPRHLfnJ484UTF MEETING MATERIALS Download the Meeting Agenda Download the Roster of TPCH Members with Current Voting Privileges Download the Draft… Continue Reading TPCH General Council Meets February 11, 2021

Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development awarded $8,791,468 in Fiscal Year 2020 Continuum of Care Program funds to local homeless assistance programs. This funding guarantees the continued availability of essential community programs and includes nearly $300,000 in new funding to help local programs cover the increasing cost of apartment rentals for… Continue Reading HUD Announces $8.7M in Continuum of Care Program Grants for TPCH Member Agencies